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“The money and political power of Wall Street has stolen America’s food system, bankrupted our farmers and ranchers, mined our soils, polluted our environment, wasted our precious water, and left us with expensive industrially produced food that makes us sick.” – Occupy Wall Street Food Day, December 2011 -
Industrial Agriculture and Urban Sprawl – A model of growth that’s made to fail. -
Ranching Reboot Episode 4, Mike Callicrate “It’s time for a third revolution against monopolies”
Above: Ranching Reboot – Episode 4 – Mike Callicrate, owner of Ranch Foods Direct, sat down with us to talk about all manner of things from cattle markets, to public food spaces, the Bander, his feedlot and the pathway he built to market.
He shares valuable lessons learned from fighting against the commodity production system and how he’s built his own pathway to the consumer.
We talk about small community slaughter plants and public meat spaces and what that could look like going in to the future. We discuss environmental challenges, the food police and what it means when a Dollar General comes to town.
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- This Cattleman's Got A Beef
Photo: Sean Cayton - 2003People producing good food from happy animals, while improving the environment, shouldn’t have to fear the government.
Photo above featured in a 2003 article: This cattleman's got a beef, Mike Callicrate and Ranch Foods Direct take on the big meat packersby Kathryn Eastburn
Category Archives: CSC Talk Radio
Commonsense Coalition Radio – May 18, 2011
Wednesday • May 18, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate, Fred Stokes • competitivemarkets.com l OCM l Electronic Marketing System [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/051811.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – April 25, 2011
Monday • Apr 25, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate • US Farmers and Ranchers l Big Agri Business l S-510, Not Really About Food Safety [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/042511.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – April 06, 2011
Wednesday • Apr 06, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate, Fred Stokes • guidestar.com l competitivemarket.com l Beef Check Off Abuse [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/040611.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – March 21, 2011
Monday • Mar 21, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate • Beef Industry l Beef Check Off [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/032111.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – January 23, 2010
Friday • Jan 23, 2009 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate • R-CALF 10th Annual Convention, Rapid City [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/012309.mp3]
